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In order to protect their capital from Union invasion, Confederate forces constructed an extensive system of earthworks around Richmond. These were put to the test in the Peninsula campaign of 1862 when Union general George McClellan advanced to the city but ultimately was outfought by Gen. Robert E. Lee during the Seven Days’ Campaign. Heavy action again took place east of Richmond in May 1864, when Gen. Ulysses Grant moved south from Spotsylvania and confronted Lee at Cold Harbor where the Union army was beaten back with heavy losses. Today, the network of battlefields and fortifications extending from north of Richmond to the James River, and including the site of Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, is exhibited as a historical park by the National Park Service.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
